Curtain for vestibule-cars.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

W. H. FORSYTH.

CURTAIN POR VESTIBULE GARS.

APPLIoATIoH FILED 001215. 190s.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT clarion.

WILLIAM H. FORSYTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CURTAIN SUPPLY COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,A A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

` CURTAIN Fon vEsTlBULE-CARS.

No. 839,2,sa

' Va citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at vts Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtains for Vestibule- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtains of that type which are employed in connection with vestibule-cars and serve the purpose of covering the stanchions or door-posts of the intermediate arch-'plates and bellows between the meeting ends of vestibule-cars, so as to protect the clothin and persons of passengers from injury W 'le passing through the vestibule, and bycovering the side walls of thepassage-way also serve to decorate said 1plalsage-walls and give them a smooth and 'shed appearance.

A curtain of the type to which my invention relates is shown and full described in Letters Patent to Thomas Wickes, No. 643,434, granted February 13, 1900, to which atent reference may be had fora complete 'sclosure of the parts and devices to which the present invention is applied as animprovement.

My invention is illustrated in practical forms in the accompanying drawings, in whichj Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view, broken out, of the' adjacent portions of one side of the vestibules of two -adj acent cars .having my improvement. applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar detailviewillustrating the application of my invention to a yi'eldingly-held catch. Fig. 3 is a detail view, in vertical section, through the casing of the catch shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail view on the .line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, and first briefly describing the main parts of the device to which my improvement is applied, 10 may indicate the stanchions forming the door posts or jambs of the en'd doorway of the vestibule, Iand 11 may indicate the usual contacting arch-plates disposed ther ebetween.

12 indicates in lbroken section the bellows which connect the respective arch-plates to the stanchions. In 'each'.vestibule,.at -one side thereof is mounted vertically a roller 13, controlled by aspring 14 in the manner usual Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15. 1906. SerialNo. 339,038.

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Patented nec. 25, 190e.A

andhfwell known in spring-rollers for Windowcurtains and the like, this roller being herein shown as mounted in a cylindrical metal case 15, which is supported by one or more brackets 16 and is provided with a longitudinal slot 17, throu h which the curtain 18 passes, one end4 of sai curtain bein suitably secured to the spring-actuated rol er 13, as will be readily understood. The free end of the curtain or screen is provided, as usual, with a stock or rod 19 to stifen and stren hen the same and with a loop-shaped han le 20, secured to said rod, by means of which the curtain or screen is readily grasped and moved back and forth.

21 in Figs.v 1 and 4 represents a catch se. i

cured to the outer face of the stanchion 10, as by means of screws 22, passed through its base-plate 23. This catch has heretofore been made splid and of a form to frictionally engage the loop-shaped handle 20 when the latter is passed thereover. It has been found in practice that owing to the almost continuous vertical vibration of the adjacent ends y of the vestibule when the train isin motion and the consequent relative rising and falling movements of the handle and catch great friction and rubbing is produced between said handle and catch, which wears away the metal of both parts and renders them shortlived and soon liable to break. To improve the condition and wearing qualities of these parts in accordance with my present invention, I provide them with an -antifriction device between their contacting cr rubbing surfaces. this antifriction device is ap lied to the catch and may take the form of) a eripherallygrooved roller 24, that may he rotatably mounted on a pin 25 in a slot 26, formed in `the catch. The grooved periphery of the roller 24 engages the handle 20, and the rising and falling movements of the handle simply turn the roller back and forth on its bearing, and thuseliminate frictional rub andwear between the handle and the catch. When these parts are thus equipped, their durability .and longevity are greatly increased, and they will wear almost-indefinitely. In some forms of this class of curtains the catch has been made elastically yielding or retractible by y backing the catch with a lspring of greater ngt than the curtain-roller spring, but

Preferably and as herein shown.

. capable'of yielding and l tion of the handle from pin 2-8` a'metallic socketpermitting a separausual strains or When through carelessness or accidentfthe cars are separated without having first released the curtain from the catch. Such a retractible catch is illusf trated in the Letters Patent No. 643,434, hereinabove referred to, and in Figs. 2 and 3 I -have illustrated the application of my invention 'to a catch of this type. Referring .to said figures, 27 designates the catch, the same being mounted rotatably on a' vertical iece29, sunk in and securedfto the st'anc soclnjet-piece'' hasA formed in its ,outer Wall a tranaverse'-slo'tj"30, through which the catch is-capablfefofsvfinging backwardly sufliciently to release'the handlel runder unusual or accidcntal'strain. One or more-torsion-spings' 31, surrounding the pivot-pin 28 and bearin at onef-end against acatp end nga-inst vthe casing, norlnallyproject the 4catch `forwardly with a strength exceeding that of the curtain-roller spring. The catch 27 isin accordance With my invention''pro-` vided With a' forwardly-projecting pint1`e-or spindle 32, on Which is rotatably mounted a pepherally-grooved antifriction-ro'ller 33, ada ted to yenga l'thedoop-shaped handle 20 4in 4e manner"c early shown in Fig. 2i 'It will be'evi'dent that the/roller 33 in this ferm or application of the invention performs the A same function and purpose inthe'same'manner 4as intherigid or non-yielding formshoWn in Figs. 1 and 4.

It will! 'be evident from the foregoilgl"'tl'rat my inventiony provides a simple` and e cient means -of obviating the severe and extensive Wear anddeterioration that has hitherto-einl the catch under un- 'ons 10. Said- 1 andat the other the first to'provide an isted between the handle and the catch in 4o this class cf devices. Believing myself to be antifriction means between these arts in a device of this character, I do not unit vthe invention to the particular forms of antifriction devices herein shown or tothe articular use to which the curtain is applied? 1. The combination with a springfactuatedv curtain having a handle, and a catch, of antifriction means between said handle and catch. l

2. The combination with a springeactuated curtain Ahavin `a handle and acatch, of anl antifriction-rol and catch;

3; The combination with a spring-actuated curtain having a handle, anda catch, of an antifriction-roller mounted in said catch and ladaptedjto engagesaid handle;

4. The- 'combi-nation, With the vestibuled -ends of Aeach -of'two' adjacent cars, of -a vert'icaly s ring-actuated roller mounted in -o-ne o'fsai end'sa'dacent tothe passage-way beer between saidv 'handle bl'e screen" connected to said roller and' "adapted 'to be laterally extended' -a'lbng the side Wallsof sa'idxpassage-Way, a' loop-shaped l 'handle'connected to the-:freex end of said-curl'taincr screen, a catch-secured to 't'heopposite vestibuled end of t' e-adjacent car, and

an amtifri'ction' device lcarried' by said catch Aandengaging said handle.

WILLIAM H. FO-RSYTH. Witnesses: l

SAM-Uni. N. POND,

FREDERICK C. GOODWIN. 

